Identity Is the Agentic Commerce Unlock w/ Amir Sarhangi (Skyfire)
From Money Code by Stablecon
June 4, 2026 · 43 min
About this episode
In this episode, hosts discuss the role of identity in agentic commerce with Amir Sarhangi, exploring the KYA token and the implications for AI transactions.
Presented by Stablecon; Powered by BVNK. In this episode of Money Code, hosts Chuk Okpalugo and Raj Parekh sit down with Amir Sarhangi, CEO and co-founder of Skyfire and former Ripple VP of Product, building the identity layer that lets AI agents transact on the existing web. They unpack why payments is the easy step in agentic commerce, how Skyfire's KYA token threads the existing web security stack instead of replacing it, and why "anonymous is not a good thing" in the world of AI. Subscribe and listen to the Money Code podcast here: https://lnk.to/MoneyCodeSN Chapters 00:00 Access, login, checkout: the three problems agents must clear 02:32 The Bose headphones demo: what actually breaks for agents 06:04 KYA: binding human, agent, and enterprise into one token 08:07 Three layers an agent must clear: bot detection, fraud, login 10:35 "Agentic commerce has been happening. It's just been illegal." 14:11 Why Skyfire pivoted from anonymous crypto payments to identity 21:30 Experian's trust score: credit reporting for agents 24:39 Bank logins and the enterprise access problem 27:50 The Plaid analog for long-tail bank access 30:30 Same KYA token, three…
People in this episode
Hosts: Chuk Okpalugo, Raj Parekh
Guest: Amir Sarhangi
Topics covered
- agentic commerce
- identity layer
- AI agents
- payments
- KYA token
- web security
- credit reporting
Keywords
- agentic commerce
- identity
- AI transactions
- KYA token
- web security
- credit reporting
- anonymous payments
Sponsors
BVNK
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Skyfire, Ripple, Experian, Plaid
Products: KYA
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